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This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew.

Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right.

Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

// That's home. That's us.

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Alternative references of better image quality mentioned in comments by @baguette@piefed.social:
- https://images.nasa.gov/details/art002e000192;
- https://images-assets.nasa.gov/image/art002e000192/art002e000192~orig.jpg [5568 x 3712]

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[–] 19 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Turn the image upside down. The desert is Sahara.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

    Yeah, took me a while to parse the geography. The picture seems to be taken upside down over the south Atlantic.

    Spain is visible, south America partially covered by clouds.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    I like it this way. It poses an interesting challenge and new perspective.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (2 children)

    author of the photo is secret agent of cartographers for social equality... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH1bZ0F3zVU

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